Day 4 started out as a lazy day - well, for me anyway. You know - get up, have a leisurely breakfast, do some reading, suddenly it's 11:30... You know how it goes.
So the we decide to head out and do a bit of exploring - take in some of the "must-see" attractions on the south side of the island.
It's a fairly windy day, so the surf is great. Not that we did any surfing, but we stopped and took a few photos of the great waves. And yes, there were plenty of surfers out there enjoying this rough ocean.
Heading down the coast a bit more, we come across this lovely covered part of the highway. You drive right through this canopy of trees. We had seen this from the helicopter yesterday. It's really a nice stretch of road. As an aside, the Kauai Marathon is being run this weekend, and of course, they will be running along this stretch of road.
We stopped for lunch in Koloa, historic town that was built around a sugar mill. All week, I've been seeing these "Shave Ice" shops and decided I had to try it. It's quite a treat. It consists of shaves off a block of ice that they pack into a container until it's really high, then they pour various fruity flavoured syrup on top... oh, and there's a scoop of ice cream under the whole thing. And just in case it isn't sweet enough, they sprinkle this red sweet powder on top. Here's what it looks like...
And yes, I ate the whole thing... yummy!!!
Then it was on to see some of the sights we ventured out to see. Here is the Spouting Horn Beach Park. The water comes in and get forced up this little hole in the lava rock, creating this great water spout on a regular basis.
...and here's what it looks like when it's not erupting.
Finally, back at the condo, snapped a shot of the sunset. We were facing west, so we should have had some spectacular sunsets, however, almost every night - no - every night, there were clouds on the horizon, so we didn't get to appreciate the full effect... however, this is still kinda nice.
That night, we walked over to the St-Regis resort, which is right next door, and enjoyed their beautiful 5-course tasting menu, with matching wine pairings. So, next day - we had to go on another hike.
This time it was not raining - bonus. And we went for one of the hikes listed under "Activities", and not "Adventures". It was a 2 mile hike round-trip, with two waterfalls along the way to rest and admire. Here is the first one...
...and here's the second. We brought a few snacks with us, so we sat by the second waterfall and had a little picnic before hiking back out. It was a great hike - hot, but well worth it.
Finally, back at the condo, we decide we're eating in tonight. Picked up some local fish and vegetables for the barbecue. While getting ready for dinner, we pass the time with a little game of dominoes. The condo has a set of 15-dot dominoes... most standard sets only have 9-dots. So, it made for some very long and intertwined chains of dominoes at the end of each round.
Our visit to Kauai ends here... tomorrow morning, we're off to the Big Island (in fact, I'm there already, but doing this blog posting a little late). More to come later.
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